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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Amnia Abdulaziz" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Anitawellz@Gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:52:56 +0100
Subject: Urgent Assistance Needed.

Urgent Assistance.
   
Hello dear,
  
My name is Mrs. Amnia Abdulaziz from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, married to Mr. Muhammad Abdulaziz a citizen of Afghanistan who worked with Riyadh Refinery, Saudi Arabia for twenty two years before he died in the year 2010. We are married without any children. My late husband died after a brief illness that lasted for two months. Since after his death, I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home and presently am 60years old.
 
Although we have not met before, I got your email address from Google, and my confidence reposed on you.  My dear the reason I am contacting you is because when my late husband was alive, he deposited the sum of USD$2 Million with Citizen Bank of Canada. The funds are still with the Citizen Bank of Canada and the management of Citizen Bank of Canada have contacted me to come forward to receive my late husband fund or have the account confiscated. But due to my health condition and life status at this moment, I do not want this fund as I see no need for it but I can authorize someone I trust to receive this fund on my behalf.
    
I have a deadly disease on my Lungs called Lung & Bronchus CANCER, but the one that disturbs me most is my partial stroke sickness and from my doctors report, I have only few months to live as my condition is really deteriorating and is quite obvious that my death is very close to me as I can see my life quickly ebbing away. The stage is worst more than two months now and I have been hospitalized which affected my ability to talk. I am an orphan, no Parents, brothers, sisters or relatives but my country home origin is Libya. Due to my poor health condition and based on doctors report, am scared that my life is almost at the end.
  
My dear, please I want you to help me receive this USD$2 Million from the Citizen Bank of Canada and distribute USD$1.2 Million to some orphanages home in Trinidad & Tobago and Haiti for the happiness of my late husband and I, when my spirit shall go to rest, while you take the remaining USD$800,000.00 to support yourself as earning from me.
    
I took this decision because I do not have a child to inherit the fund and I do not want the Citizen Bank of Canada to inherit my late husband wealth. My wish is to distribute the fund to some orphanages home in Trinidad & Tobago and Haiti.
   
Are you willing to help me? If I receive your reply, I will give you information on how you can collect money from the Citizen Bank of Canada. I will also contact the management of Citizen Bank of Canada and inform them that you are the person I have assigned to receive this fund and they will release the fund to you. This is not a money laundering.
      
Meanwhile, any delay in your reply will give me room to contact another person for this same purpose. I expect your prompt reply and wish you will put me in your prayers hence forth.
   
Please contact me on my direct email address: Anitawellz@Gmail.com
   
I am waiting for your reply.
        
Thanks and God bless you.
      
Mrs. Amnia Abdulaziz.

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